On
this the 27th, at 1630, after completing the ceremonies celebrating the first
anniversary of the Tripartite Pact, I requested Ambassador Grew to call on me.
Off the record, I talked to him along the lines contained in my separate
message #605*. I urged him to strongly recommend to his home government to have
the "leaders' meeting" materialize immediately. Will you too,
therefore, carefully read the contents of my separate wire and secretly do
everything in your power to prevail upon the President to have this meeting
materialize.

The
above is not to be construed as being the absolutely final proposal on our
part, nor is it absolutely essential that a time limit be put in force. However,
in view of internal and external circumstances of our country, we cannot keep
postponing matters forever. Please, therefore, put primary emphasis on the
importance of holding the meeting immediately. (I mentioned this point to the
U. S. Ambassador, too.)